Floor polisher



Feb. 16, 1932.

T. GLEN, JR

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Patented Feb. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE THOMAS GLEN, JR, 0]GOOGEE, NEAR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, A'USTRALIA noon romsnnn'.

Application filed July 1, 1930, Serial No. 465,207, and in AustraliaAugust 5, 1929.

The invention relates to manually operated apparatus for distributingpolishing material and polishing floors, linoleum and the like.

My invention is more particularly appli- 5 cable for the employment ofpolishing paste and other semi-fluid polishes.

According hereto a container for the polish has a base upon which feltor similar material for distributing the polish is secured.

Apertures in the base correspond with similar apertures in the felt.

lVithin the container is a plunger having a cylindrical extension whichPIOJBCtS upwardly through the top of the container and has secured uponit a plate to which sheep skin or other polishing material is applied.

Guide snibs projecting from the container engage in vertical grooves inthe extension.

The apparatus is moved to and fro over the surface to be polished andthe plunger is depressed to force out the polish by a handle having armswhich fit into holes formed for their reception in the plate or in theextension.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation the left hand half in section and Fig. 2 aplan on A-A Fi 1. r

A cylindrical container 1 f br the polish is lined to a base 2 upon theunderside of which is a layer 3 of material suitable for distributingthe polish.

A top 4 fits upon the upper end of the container to which it isconnected by a hinge 5. A spring clip 6 keeps the top closed upon thecontainer.

Reciprocable within the container is a plunger 7 around thecircumference of which a rubber head 8 may be employed for jointingpurposes.

The plunger is secured to an extension 9 upon which is a plate 10 thesurface of which rial suitable for polishing.

The extension has vertical grooves 12 which receive guide snibs 13preferably.

is covered by sheep skin 11 or other mate- The base 2 has apertures 14preferably in a diametrical row the openings of which are regulated by aslidable plate 15 having cor responding apertures 16. There are alsocorresponding apertures 17 in the distributing material 3.

A handle 18 is provided with arms 19 the ends of which fit into holesformed for their reception either in plate 10 or preferably, as shown inthe drawings, in the extension 9. p

In operation the top is turned upon the hinge 5 taking with it theplunger which is thereby withdrawn from the container.

The polishing paste is then placed in the container and the topreplaced.

The slide plate is adjusted to regulate the delivery of polishing pastethrough the apertures 14, 16 and 17 the delivery being effected byexerting pressure uponthe plunger by means of handle 18.

When the paste has been applied and distributed the apparatus is turnedover and the polishing effected by the surface 11 of sheep skin.

I claim A floor polisher comprised of the combination of a container forpolish, a base there on, distributing material attached to the base, thebase and the distributing material having corresponding apertures, aplunger reciprocable in the container, an extension from the plunger, atop for the container through whichthe extension projects, a handleconnected thereto, a hinge connecting the top to the container, a plateupon said ex tension and polishing material upon the plate as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

THOMAS GLEN, JUN.

